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IVF Looks like our Next Step

ejennc
ejennc
Met with our FE today. Tough blow when we learned I had low AMH at 32. Devastating for my husband and I having been together for 13+ years and waiting until we were financially stable and in a good place professionally to start a family. Should have started when we were 18! Ha. Looking at options, the FE is recommending we jump straight into IVF rather than Clomid. We are trying to stay positive, but as you all know, this isn't an easy journey and feeling a lot of self doubt, anger and just sadness right now. I'm glad to hopefully have the early stages of a plan moving forward, but now to take those steps and hope for a miracle.

As an aside (and probably wishful thinking) but has anyone ever had any success with bringing your AMH numbers up at all? Sounds silly, but I keep having these pipedreams that maybe... just maybe those tests were wrong.

Until that is proven, we are going to try for IVF I anticipate in the next month or two depending on cycle and travel schedules. No doubt will be turning to the community for support along this scary journey ahead.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi ejennc. So here are my AMH levels. In Jan. 2014 my level was 1.13. I know that is still within the normal range but very low for someone who is 27. Next month my doctor wants to retest my AMH levels and see if it went up or down.

My DHEA level in Jan. 2014 was 135 and last month they tested it and it went UP to 235. DHEA they said helps with egg health.

SO I think that everything I have been taking has helped with my DHEA and next month I will see what my AMH level is.

Supplements I take:
DHEA
Prenatal
Vitiamin D
CoQ10 (600 mg a day)
FaBB (extra folic acid)
Royal Jelly (tastes like honey)
Fertile Tea (bought online)
Pumpkin seeds

As for us we have done two IUIs (our third was canceled due to a cyst). If our third does not work we will be doing an IVF consultation Best of Luck.
ejennc
ejennc
Thanks for your reply. Always good to hear what others are going through. We were just reading about DHEA. I don't know much about it but want to speak with FE to learn more and see if it could help. My FE recommended I take CoQ10 also at 600mg a day. I'm also taking Prenatal vitamins and recently purchased the Fertile Tea. Interesting to see the other supplements on your list. Had heard Vitamin D also helped with AMH. My results were 0.52 ng/ml which seems really low. FE said on average that is the rate someone 10 years older than me would be. Talk about a huge slap in the face. Goodluck to you on your journey. Who thought TTC would be so tricky!
deleted_user
deleted_user
My DW is 37 and I'm 41, so our story is a little different than yours. We didn't jump right into IVF, but eventually that is where we ended up. I know it shouldn't be a financial decision, but we spent roughly $8k before heading to IVF which we spent another $15k. It's a big commitment, but it's one that paid off for us. We learned Friday that we are pregnant after our fresh cycle. Most REs work off of statistics and because not everyone is the same, you never know if you fall into the minority that will have success with a procedure that your RE isn't as confident in. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say...........but you have to go with your instincts and satisfy yourself in the process.